to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
marriage proposal; marriage talks
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
business; trade; operations; sales
direct control; direct supervision
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
university graduate; college graduate
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
apparent; obvious; very clear
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing